Chris
Leak is no longer a starry-eyed freshman
and under the direction of new coach
Urban Meyer, Leak is likely to flourish.

Defensive
Back

The
Gators entered 2004 with a completely
new set of starters in the secondary.
Two starters will remain this time
around from a team that finished near
the bottom in SEC pass defense.

QB
Chris Leak

CB
Demetrice Webb

* DEPTH CHARTS were only designed as a simplistic
gauge for listing players that departed and players that
received the most playing experience (consistent starters).
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personnel data not listed such as redshirts, transfers,
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FLORIDA
2005 DEPTH CHARTReturning Starters/Key
Players

OFFENSE

QB

Chris
Leak-Jr

Gavin
Dickey-Jr

RB

DeShawn
Wynn-Jr

Billy
Latsko-Jr (FB)

WR

Dallas
Baker-Sr

..

WR

Jemalle
Cornelius-Jr

Chad
Jackson-Jr

WR

Andre
Caldwell-Jr

..

TE

Tate
Casey-So

Markell
Thompson-Sr

OT

..

..

OG

Lance
Butler-Sr

..

C

Mike
Degory-Sr

..

OG

Steve
Rissler-Jr

..

OT

Randy
Hand-Sr

..

K

..

..

DEFENSE

DE

Joe
Cohen-Jr

..

DT

Marcus
Thomas-Jr

..

DT

Ray
McDonald-Jr

..

DE

Jeremy
Mincey-Sr

Steven
Harris-Jr

SLB

Earl
Everett-Jr

..

MLB

Brandon
Siler-So

..

WLB

Terrence
Holmes-Jr

..

CB

Demetrice
Webb-Jr

..

CB

Tremaine
McCollum-Jr

..

SS

Kyle
Jackson-So

..

FS

Jarvis
Herring-Sr

..

P

Eric
Wilbur-Jr

..

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ANALYSIS

Rounding
out the Top 11 is yet another SEC member. The
logjam at the bottom of this grouping is sure
to make the conference one of the nations most
competitive, as usual. Florida has been a stranger
to this discussion the last three seasons. Now,
thanks to Ron Zook's recruiting efforts, the
Gators finally have a cavalcade of youngsters
capable of getting them back to their usual
- a higher competitive level instead of wishing
for another BCS possibility. Urban Meyer will
be handed the keys to a Ferrari. All eyes will
be on junior QB Chris Leak in an effort to see
if the talk of what "could be" during
his freshman season can actually become "what
is". Which brings us to the defense. Basically,
Florida needs a better effort all-around on
'D' to get where the Gators desire. We knew
the pass defense was likely to be suspect in
2004 with a completely new set of starters,
and holes will still exist in the secondary.
If the new ball coach (as opposed to the ol'
ball coach) comes into Gainesville smiling,
thank Ron Zook for doing the shopping. For now,
the Gators will have to earn any higher rankings,
which is likely if the defense can pull its
weight. But beware of prognosticators who hand
over a top five ranking again before the first
snap.